Retainer for disinfectants.



Maia) w.. v. ANDREWS.

RETAINER FOR DISINFECTANTS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. 1915.

THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH 60., WAsHlNuTDN, D. C.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

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RETAINER ron nisinrnoranrsi Be it known that 1, :WILLIAM V. nnnws, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Retainers for Disinfectants, of'which the following is a specification- Myinventionrelates to an improvement in retainers for disinfectants adapted to be used in flush-tanks, the object being to provide a simplev arrangement to be located within the tank where it holds a disinfectant, and which is discharged into the surrounding tank by the water from the re-fill pipe.

- The invention consists in a retainer, in

which either solid or liquid disinfectant is retainer having a transverse diaphragm some distance below the top,

- upon which a supply from the interior of the retainer is held between the flushing of the bowl, at which time it is discharged and a fresh supply is caught above the diaphragm or partition.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the disinfectant retamer, and Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof.

A, represents the flush-tank, and the numeral 1 is the retainer for disinfectant. This is supported upon the usual overflow tube 2 (used in all modern flush-tanks) conveniently by the spring-clip 3, the two jaws of which embrace the tube from opposite sides, and by the overflow spout 4 and overflow pipe 5 leading from the two compartments respectively of the retainer 1,.

The retainer is divided into upper and lower chambersC and D by the horizon tally-disposed partition or diaphragm 6. threaded opening 7 is formed in this dia-' phragm through which the disinfectant, either solid or liquid, is poured. This threaded opening is closed by the screw.

after the lower compartment of the retainer shall have been filled.

The numeral 10 represents the re-filltube rising from the ball-cock 11, and which refill tube discharges'into the retainer at some Specification of Letters Patent retards the flow of liquid which rises through the inlet 9. "This cross-bar alsoserves asa handle by which to turn the screw-cap. v

Patented Feb. 1,1916. Application filed June a, sna Serial No. 31,745. l

1 As shown 1n the drawing, the usual ballvalve 14 and float 15 are employed.

When the tank has been flushed, water passes through the refill tube in the usual manner into the disinfectant receptacle 1, becomes thoroughly impregnated with the disinfectant, the greater portion of which passes out through the pipe 5 into the overi flow tube2, while at the same time a portion of this disinfectant fluid passes through the inlet or opening 9 into the screw-cap 8, and thence into the open receptacle C at the top, where it remains disinfecting-the flush tank with its fumes until the tank is again flushed, when it is forced out through spout 4 intothe overflow tube 2, whereupon the compartments C and D of the retainer are again filled from the re-fill, as previously explained.

Iclaim:' LA detachable retainer for disinfectant divided into two compartments, each of which has an independent outlet into the overflow-tube of the flush-tank.

-52. The combination with a flushing-tank and overflow tube, of a retainer divided horizontally into two compartments, and 're stricted means of communication between the two, each having an overflow 1n the form of a hook, which hooks over theupper end of the overflow tube whereby theretainer is removably supported thereon.

3. The combination with a flushing-tank and overflow tube, of a retainer divided horizontally into two compartments, and restricted means of communication between the two, each having an overflow in the form of a hook, which hooks over the'upper end of the overflow tube whereby the retainer is removably supported thereon, a refill pipe discharging into the retainer, and

a clamp which assists in holding the retainer on the overflow tube. 1

e. A retainer for flushing-tanks divided horizontally into two compartments, each having an outlet, a threaded opening in the partition between the two compartments,

5 threaded opening in and a screW-oap having a hole formed therein whereby communication is formed between the tWo compartments of the retainer, said screw-cap removahly secured in the the partition between the tWo compartments.

5. A retainer for flushing-tanks divided horizontally into two compartments, each having an outlet, a threaded opening in the 1O partition between the tWo compartments, a

screw-ca havin a hole formed therein whereby communication is formed between the tWo compartments of the retainer, and a cross-bar on the screw-cap to retard the flow of liquid through the opening in the screw-cap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

I WILLIAM V. ANDREW'S. Witnesses:

LUTHER A. SMITH, CHARLES J. PURDoNs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C." 

